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34th Annual San Diego Jazz Festival; November 27st to December 1st, 2013 Get more involved at the San Diego Jazz Fest. Bring your axe and participate in the Dick Williams’ JazzSea James. Or, brush up on your dance steps with Hal and Georgia Myers. DICK WILLIAMS JAZZSEA JAMS Please, …

Presented at the Town & Country Hotel and Convention Center 500 Hotel Circle North MORE INFO >>> Discerning jazz fans call the San Diego Jazz Festival “the crown jewel of jazz festivals.” The event is held during the Thanksgiving weekend at the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, in …

The largest high school jazz competition in the U.S. – the Berklee College of Music 45th High School Jazz Festival – will host more than 200 bandsand vocal ensembles featuring 3,000 students from 13 U.S. states and Puerto Rico competing for $175,000 in scholarships to Berklee’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program. …

University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Institute presents the Twelfth Annual Brubeck Festival, titled Dave Brubeck Across Time, which honors his legacy as a jazz giant and his Stockton, California roots. The 2013 Festival is a broad-based tribute to his legacy that covers the spectrum of jazz in its fullest expression: …

March 1, 2013 / 7:30PM The Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS, USA BUY TICKETS http://www.pittstate.edu The incomparable Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band will be headlining the 39th annual Pittsburg State University (Kansas) Jazz Festival. The festival is one of the largest one day public …

The Winterfolk XI Blues & Roots Festival is proud to announce the stellar lineup for the upcoming ELEVENTH ANNUAL WINTERFOLK FESTIVAL which will take place fromFebruary 14-17, 2013 at the Delta Chelsea, Toronto’s Entertainment Hotel. A variety of music styles will fill four stages – Monarchs Pub, the Market Garden …

The Dexter Gordon Society, the foundation which formed in Dexter’s honor, will be launched on February 27, 2013 at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York City in honor of Dexter Gordon’s 90th birthday. On this date, the eve of Dexter’s 90th birthday, look for events in your city and online …

SAINT LUCIA (January 31, 2012) – Saint Lucia Jazz, now into its 21st year, will feature some of the best live performances from renowned local, regional and international superstars, with celebrated performer and multiple Grammy winner Lionel Richie headlining this year’s festival. The 2012 event, April 30 – May13, …

2nd – 7th May May 2012 sees the return of the ever-popular and ground-breaking Cheltenham Jazz Festival, one of the country’s most celebrated musical events and an absolute highlight of the arts calendar for spring this year. Always a hit with both audiences and artists, the Cheltenham Jazz Festival prides …

Jazz music lovers in the central piedmont area of North Carolina, commonly called the Triangle, have dreamed about the long, luscious, ear-pleasing list of first-class jazz acts that are scheduled to appear in the area this season, 2011-2012. Congratulations again and a job well done to the directors of Duke …

The beat of the globe in the heart of Toronto! Small World Music Presents THE 10th ANNUAL SMALL WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL September 22 to October 2 Venues: Lula Lounge, Armenian Youth Centre, Yonge Dundas Square, Koerner Hall, The Great Hall, and Enwave Theatre The tenth anniversary of Small World Music’s …

Announces Mr. Bill Cosby Master of Ceremonies The Project supports the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund, which helps underwrite the costs of hospitalization, diagnostic tests, and a full range of surgical and medical care for jazz musicians who are uninsured and without the ability to pay.A stellar cast of musicians and …

Acclaimed Berklee College of Music ensemble Dayramir and Habana Entrance are headed to the Detroit Jazz Festival, recently voted one of the top three jazz festivals in North America in a Jazz Times Critics’ Poll. Led by rising Cuban pianist Dayramir Gonzalez, the group, a six-piece band that mixes Latin …